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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... seldom allow an alcoholic to live in ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
We
seldom allow an
alcoholic to
live in our
homes for
long at a
time.
2.
... seldom any questions of timing or caution.
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
In this
area there are
seldom
any
questions of
timing
or
caution.
3.
... seldom be interested in liquor.
BB p.84,
Into Action
We will
seldom be
interested in
liquor.
4.
... seldom can.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
5.
Seldom did we look at character-building as ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
Seldom did we
look at
character-
building as
something
desirable in itself, something we
would like to
strive for whether our
instinctual needs were
met or not.
6.
... seldom drank at home.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Our
families didn't
suffer, because we always
paid
the
bills and
seldom drank at
home.
7.
... seldom had friends at our homes, never ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
We
seldom had
friends at
our
homes,
never knowing how or when the
men of
the
house would
appear.
8.
... seldom have been accomplished by years of ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
What often
takes place in a few
months could
seldom have been
accomplished by
years
of
self-
discipline.
9.
... seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
It is the
great paradox of
A.A. that we
know we can
seldom keep the
precious gift of
sobriety unless we
give it away.
10.
... seldom matter how haltingly we walk.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
It will
seldom matter how
haltingly we
walk.
11.
... seldom mildly intoxicated.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
12.
... seldom play, do not laugh much.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
Everybody knows that
those in
bad health, and
those who
seldom play, do not
laugh much.
13.
... seldom suffices.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
14.
... seldom takes long nor is it very ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
In
competent hands, this
seldom takes long nor is it very
expensive.
15.
... seldom told them the whole truth nor ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
We have
seldom told them the
whole truth nor have we
followed their
advice.
16.
... seldom wise to approach an individual, who ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
It is
seldom wise to
approach an
individual,
who still
smarts from our
injustice to him, and
announce that we have
gone religious.
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